How Australia really could lead the world

A key justification for the carbon tax has been that it is needed if Australia is to have an influence in the global fight against climate change. In other words, it is necessary in order for Australia to lead the world in this regard. However, jumping onto a bandwagon the wheels of which have already come off, then trying to strike a more dramatic pose than the clowns already aboard is more likely to be laughed at than to be followed.